How did the E survive in the mid 90s with those corny gimmicks?

[Sypress]

Ahmed displaying pure ness at the 98 Royal Rumble



He was never the same after suffering that kidney injury.​

damn he was so

everything about him was slow, even the way he hit the floor mat when he got eliminated looked slo-mo

when Kama came out and shoved Ahmed....ahmed looked like he was going to do something but ran out of breath

he was out there in a damn thong

 

[mrken12]

They almost didn't.

 

[HollywoodP]

I always remember this cat...his music was so dope...he would be over today. They should repackage Ryder and have him fued with T.L. Hopper on Main Event

So many bad gimmicks...Friar Ferguson...Bastion Booger...Executioner...IRS...Undertaker*

*Mark Calloway is the only reason this gimmick didnt flop.

 

[GETTINIT23]

i was 9-10 in the mid 90s, i still believed in everything. I really thought duke the dumpster was a trash man turned wrestler. I really thought parts unknown meant that they had no idea where this person came from. I thought razor was a latin guy from miami and diesel was a truck driver turned wreslter. then when i turned 13-14 around 97-98, entering middle school and the rebelious phase of my life they turned into the attitude era. it synced perfectly for me.

 

[Roman Brady]

i was 9-10 in the mid 90s, i still believed in everything. I really thought duke the dumpster was a trash man turned wrestler. I really thought parts unknown meant that they had no idea where this person came from. I thought razor was a latin guy from miami and diesel was a truck driver turned wreslter. then when i turned 13-14 around 97-98, entering middle school and the rebelious phase of my life they turned into the attitude era. it synced perfectly for me.

how is today's era for you? You vanilla? a lame? cookie cutter cat targeting children?

 

[Reality Check]

Because their competition was running the Dungeon of Doom and Shockmaster.

 

[THEREALBRAND]

I didn't really watch the WWE at that time, but I fully remember WCW during that period.

I can laugh about how bad it was now as an adult, but as a kid I was legitimately shook of those Dungeon Of Doom segments

Spoiler

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

And, of course, they stole gimmicks and storylines from ECW.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

i just saw this bullshyt ass thread and these bullshyt ass replies

negs being dropped as we speak

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

 

[Billy Preston]

i was 9-10 in the mid 90s, i still believed in everything. I really thought duke the dumpster was a trash man turned wrestler. I really thought parts unknown meant that they had no idea where this person came from. I thought razor was a latin guy from miami and diesel was a truck driver turned wreslter. then when i turned 13-14 around 97-98, entering middle school and the rebelious phase of my life they turned into the attitude era. it synced perfectly for me.

Cosign - I remember when they would show the Nailz vignettes and I really believed he broke out of prison to get revenge on the Big Boss Man.

 

[mrken12]

Cosign - I remember when they would show the Nailz vignettes and I really believed he broke out of prison to get revenge on the Big Boss Man.

Didn't Nailz pull a Sprewell on Vince back then?

 

[thaKEAF]

that Ahmed Johnson vid